Application for license shall be made to the department upon the form prescribed by it. The department may require in the application or otherwise information relating to the location at which the business is to be conducted, the nature of the business, the name and residence of the applicant; if the applicant is a partnership, the name and residence of each partner; and if the applicant is a corporation, the names and residences of its principal officers and directors. The department may further require information relating to the applicant’s financial status, his or her business integrity, whether the applicant has complied with chapter 21 of Title 5, and whether the applicant conforms to all local ordinances pertaining to and governing the operation of auto wrecking and salvage yards, and any other pertinent information, all of which may be considered by the department in determining whether the granting of the application is in the public interest. Every application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant, if an individual, or by one of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, or by an officer of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation, and shall be accompanied by the required fee.